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SEVERAL HUNDRED ANTI-SEGREGATIONISTS PICKETED THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY'S TELEVISION AND RADIO STUDIOS IN NEW YORK CITY SUNDAY (2 JUNE.)
THEY WERE PROTESTING OVER THE APPEARANCE OF SEGREGATIONIST GOVERNOR WALLACE OF ALABAMA, ON NBC'S TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMME, "MEET THE PRESS." HUNDREDS OF NEW YORK POLICEMEN WERE ON HAND TO GUARD AGAINST ANY POSSIBLE VIOLENCE.

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SEVERAL HUNDRED ANTI-SEGREGATIONISTS PICKETED THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY'S TELEVISION AND RADIO STUDIOS IN NEW YORK CITY SUNDAY (2 JUNE.)
THEY WERE PROTESTING OVER THE APPEARANCE OF SEGREGATIONIST GOVERNOR WALLACE OF ALABAMA, ON NBC'S TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMME, "MEET THE PRESS." HUNDREDS OF NEW YORK POLICEMEN WERE ON HAND TO GUARD AGAINST ANY POSSIBLE VIOLENCE.NONE CAME.

ON THE PROGRAMME WALLACE REITERATED THAT HE WOULD PERSONALLY BAR TWO NEGROES FROM ENROLLING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA ON 10 JUNE.HE REPEATED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO VIOLENCE.THAT HIS MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO ESTABLISH A COURT OF THE STATE'S AUTHORITY TO KEEP ALABAMA UNIVERSITY ALL WHITE.